Example sentences of "you could see " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was not all that long ago that you could see young men discreetly selling Bibles on the streets and they would melt away when the KGB , the enforcers of the atheist state , appeared . |
| 32 | And there if you went you could see them : |
| 33 | But if you could see me , you 'd think me but a sorry object to hobble to an altar . |
| 34 | But there was n't much to fear once you could see the enemy . |
| 35 | You could see for yourself then . ’ |
| 36 | And you could see an example of ecotourism and also check out Ametra 2001 — it 's a centre down there for the study of traditional medicine . ’ |
| 37 | To his right was a high sunny window , through which you could see the high green leaves of St James 's Square . |
| 38 | The bulbs were n't just scattered , but were arranged in the correct patterns — so that if you looked up you could see ( if you knew which star was which ) , up there amongst all the dragons , bulls and poisonous scuttlers of the Heavens , right in the centre you could see the constellation which I always thought of as being our special one , a solitary man walking with his faithful dog , the high summer constellation of Orion , the Hunter , stretched and striding above us . |
| 39 | The bulbs were n't just scattered , but were arranged in the correct patterns — so that if you looked up you could see ( if you knew which star was which ) , up there amongst all the dragons , bulls and poisonous scuttlers of the Heavens , right in the centre you could see the constellation which I always thought of as being our special one , a solitary man walking with his faithful dog , the high summer constellation of Orion , the Hunter , stretched and striding above us . |
| 40 | All he really wanted was to be next to O ; and you could see that the whole time he was listening , watching . |
| 41 | You could see Roberto start as he hit into the ball . |
| 42 | While he did n't score very well at The Belfry , you could see he was tuning up . |
| 43 | You could see him wanting to talk about the controversy over the redevelopment of Wimbledon town centre ( Greycoat versus Speyhawk , or Caring Architects versus Greedy planners ) . |
| 44 | Outside you could see invertebrate waves expiring on Rocky Point . |
| 45 | At Pipeline , you could see the whites of his eyes , you were out there with him , in the tube , on the reef , feeling the adrenalin rush , getting your teeth kicked in . |
| 46 | You could see the filth heaving with them as you peered through the crudely cut holes in the wood which served for seats , and sometimes they would crawl out through these holes and invade the neighbouring parts of the camp . |
| 47 | They were cleaned until you could see your face in them and fellows were so keen that when they got a new tunic , they would cut all their new buttons off , and put their old buttons on that were beautifully shined . |
| 48 | You could see yourself that he was drunk . |
| 49 | The full amount of your initial investment plus bonuses is guaranteed to be returned to you on completion of the five year term — and of course you could see a healthy return on your investment due to stock market growth during this time . |
| 50 | She was ready , just by that you could see she looked better . |
| 51 | All you could see of any of them was a pair of very pink ears sticking out behind old copies of the Woman 's Own . |
| 52 | ‘ You could see some discounting , ’ predicts Cellnet . |
| 53 | Joan is proud of both talent and talent-spotter : ‘ Graeme said that just by watching Steve work you could see he had something , that he instinctively knew how to handle the food . ’ |
| 54 | The Parsons had tried , you could see that . |
| 55 | you could see he had two pairs of socks on , the Dayglo green ones with holes in and underneath some grey woolly ones , the kind that earnest ramblers wear . |
| 56 | Yes , there were bulges — and you could see every bulge , he was that thin . |
| 57 | As far as you could see there was a great undulating cushion of varied greenery , mile upon mile of leaves . |
| 58 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 59 | If all you could see were your nose , or the side of your face , nature 's design system would clearly have slipped up somewhere . |
| 60 | Then one could spin it round when news , travel or holiday programmes on radio and television specify certain places and you could see where they were in relation to Britain and the rest of the world . |